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Re: Secondary Air System Faults 2001 A8L, 4.2L AUX Engine.

by "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwdoc1nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 11, 2008 at 12:05 PM

If the Secondary Air Pumps are low then I would guess water or ice in the 
system stopping air flow possibly due to other issues.

"JimA8L2001" <jim.rodgers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:dc6e8c71-6188-41d6-9c41-b5b2f7851853@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'm getting codes 0491 & 0492 which are right and left bank secondary
> air system failures.
>
> Once the engine is warm, if i clear the code.  They don't come back.
> If it is really cold, I get the code shortly after starting, but again
> if I clear it, it won;t come back.
>
> Without Audi specific test equipment, what can I do to trouble shoot?
>
> Fuse is good, vacuum lines all look good.
>
> The other components are the blower, ECM, Solinoid, combi-valves.  I
> get both the righ and left banks so I believe it to be a fault in a
> part of the system that will throw both faults.  Don;t think it could
> be a simultaneous right and left combi-valve failure.
>
> No other codes.  2001 A8L, 4.2L AUX Engine.
>
> Any thoughts?




 4 Posts in Topic:
Secondary Air System Faults
JimA8L2001 <jim.rodger  2008-03-11 04:35:56 
Re: Secondary Air System Faults 2001 A8L, 4.2L AUX Engine.
"dave AKA vwdoc1&quo  2008-03-11 12:05:10 
Re: Secondary Air System Faults 2001 A8L, 4.2L AUX Engine.
Jims Audi <14forest@[E  2008-03-12 16:18:04 
Re: Secondary Air System Faults 2001 A8L, 4.2L AUX Engine.
TonyJ <"tonyjnosp  2008-03-12 22:46:50 

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